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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:20:18 GMT
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Jake McKee wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Ted Michon wrote:
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> > I was told by multiple
> > sources that the metal clad rails are flat out prohibitively expensive,
> > not simply relatively expensive. (I don't know why it took 15+ years to
> > figure this out. Perhaps it has something to do with RoHS?).
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> When you say "prohibitively expensive", it's important to put it in
> context. If you're talking about a 5 year old getting into trains for the
> first time, metal rails are certainly expensive. If you're talking about a
> Hobby Train, then that's a different discussion.
Ehmm to put things into perspective :
LEGO track : 21 Euro/meter
Peco code 75 h0 track : 6 Euro/meter (about as "finescale" as it gets in
Europe in h0 wrt factory track)
Roco Line track with bedding : 9 Euro/meter
So even for model railroaders, LEGO track is on the expensive side... dunno
about LGB/Marklin 1 (given the space in my appartment, h0 is already nearly
impossible to do next to LEGO, let alone LGB)
OTOH, rolling stock nicely balances things out :D
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
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| (...) When you say "prohibitively expensive", it's important to put it in context. If you're talking about a 5 year old getting into trains for the first time, metal rails are certainly expensive. If you're talking about a Hobby Train, then that's a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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